Refreshing tiki bars and free ice cream are in the eating forecast this week in D.C.

You might think, before watching Bullhead, the Oscar-nominated debut from Belgian writer/director Michaël R. Roskam, that a film about black market trade in illegal bovine growth hormones in the rural cattle-raising borderlands between the French and Dutch sections of Belgium might not not the most interesting prospect. You’ll probably leave thinking much the same thing, but there are multiple stories — probably too many — at work in this film, with that one just being the clumsiest.

Belgium’s population is 97% urbanized. Crazy, eh? So, it makes sense that the country of decadent waffles and Peter Paul Rubens is pretty boffo for mass transit. The country’s population is connected through an impressive network of rail systems, both on a local and national level, including currently expanding Metros in Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels. Let’s just say that if there ever was a country made for mass transit, the massively dense Belgium is probably…

France isn’t the only country celebrating a revolution in July. On July 21, 1831 the first king of Belgium was crowned following the Belgian Revolution and the country’s split from The Netherlands. For those of you unable to celebrate in Brussels, D.C. has plenty of great places to enjoy Belgian food and, more importantly, Belgian beer. Check out the list below to find out what area bars and restaurants are offering up food and drink…